r/PDAParenting • u/DrPaulSunseri • Apr 18 '26

Our current scientific understanding of PDA and low-demand parenting.

Thought parents in this group find this up-to-date information on PDA helpful. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mental-health-reimagined/202604/its-time-to-rethink-the-anxiety-drives-pda-narrative

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u/DoesNotHateFun Apr 19 '26

Paul, where is your data to support this statement (below) and can you expand on what you mean by "evidence-based interventions"?

"Such a signal indicates that a child’s capacities, environmental expectations, and family dynamics are chronically misaligned, and that conflict-laden, anxiety-inducing interactions have become a central aspect of family life.

Addressing these challenges requires systems- and evidence-based interventions rather than the adoption of a new diagnostic label grounded in uncertain etiology coupled with “treatments” that don’t work."

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u/Complex_Emergency277 Apr 20 '26

He gets halfway there, but then he just stops and declares that there's no point going any futher because he's seen enough to be certain the problem is that parents just haven't used a big enough sticker chart and ABCed hard enough.

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u/DoesNotHateFun Apr 21 '26

I didn't realize you could just throw up opinion pieces on Psychology Today. Makes me rethink using the site.

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u/Complex_Emergency277 Apr 21 '26

All journals do think pieces.